Some people during tawaf and sa'y stand and supplicate to Allah from small booklets, thereby obstructing the flow of people. Do you have any guidance on this?
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The questioner:
The questioner, Salih 'Abd Allah from Riyadh, says: We see some people in Makkah (may Allah honor it), especially during the times of tawaf and sa'y, reading and supplicating to Allah the Exalted from small booklets. Their reading causes them to obstruct the movement of people in the sa'y area and the tawaf area. Is this permissible for them? And is there any guidance? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
What is required of the one performing tawaf is to supplicate with whatever is easy for him, and not to restrict himself to what is written in these small booklets, thinking that this is what is required and that it is an obligatory matter. He should seek out from supplication whatever is easy for him. If he carries with him a booklet containing authentic supplications from what has been established by the Shari'ah, there is no harm in that. However, he should not raise his voice and disturb others. And even more so, collective supplication is not permissible. Yes.
Because one person supplicates and the others repeat after him; because this contradicts the prescribed manner of supplication, and turns the supplication into something resembling hymns. Also, the one following says words without knowing their meaning.
And he only repeats after this supplicant. So it is obligatory that every person supplicates. That is, the prescribed and recommended thing is that every person supplicates for himself with whatever is easy, without raising his voice, without disturbing the people performing tawaf, and without stopping the walking in tawaf. These gatherings among these groups, all of this is a violation of the etiquettes of tawaf and the etiquettes of worship. Yes.
The questioner:
Is tawaf alone an act of worship? That is, if one performs tawaf and does not make a single supplication?
The Shaykh:
The required thing is that tawaf is the act of worship, and supplication is recommended within it. So if one performs tawaf and does not supplicate, his tawaf is valid.
The questioner, Salih 'Abd Allah from Riyadh, says: We see some people in Makkah (may Allah honor it), especially during the times of tawaf and sa'y, reading and supplicating to Allah the Exalted from small booklets. Their reading causes them to obstruct the movement of people in the sa'y area and the tawaf area. Is this permissible for them? And is there any guidance? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
What is required of the one performing tawaf is to supplicate with whatever is easy for him, and not to restrict himself to what is written in these small booklets, thinking that this is what is required and that it is an obligatory matter. He should seek out from supplication whatever is easy for him. If he carries with him a booklet containing authentic supplications from what has been established by the Shari'ah, there is no harm in that. However, he should not raise his voice and disturb others. And even more so, collective supplication is not permissible. Yes.
Because one person supplicates and the others repeat after him; because this contradicts the prescribed manner of supplication, and turns the supplication into something resembling hymns. Also, the one following says words without knowing their meaning.
And he only repeats after this supplicant. So it is obligatory that every person supplicates. That is, the prescribed and recommended thing is that every person supplicates for himself with whatever is easy, without raising his voice, without disturbing the people performing tawaf, and without stopping the walking in tawaf. These gatherings among these groups, all of this is a violation of the etiquettes of tawaf and the etiquettes of worship. Yes.
The questioner:
Is tawaf alone an act of worship? That is, if one performs tawaf and does not make a single supplication?
The Shaykh:
The required thing is that tawaf is the act of worship, and supplication is recommended within it. So if one performs tawaf and does not supplicate, his tawaf is valid.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، بعض الناس في الطواف والسعي يقفون ويدعون الله من كتب صغيرة، ويعطلون سير الناس، لعل لكم توجيه؟ — youtube.com
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